The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual
(adjective) resembling or characteristic of a phantom; “a ghostly face at the window”; “a phantasmal presence in the room”; “spectral emanations”; “spiritual tappings at a seance”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ghostlier
comparative form of ghostly
• regoliths, sole right
Source: Wiktionary
Ghost"ly, a. Etym: [OE. gastlich, gostlich, AS. gastlic. See Ghost.]
1. Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor. Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies. Book of Common Prayer [Ch. of Eng. ] One of the gostly children of St. Jerome. Jer. Taylor.
2. Of or pertaining to apparitions. Akenside.
Ghost"ly, adv.
Definition: Spiritually; mystically. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.